(Posted this to Ruby-talk then realized it would be better here)
Any chance of getting RubyGems to support the packages/ dir that's
supported by setup.rb? I currently have to run a custom staging task
before I can create a gem for a project that has subprojects.
Alternatively, RubyGem multi-packages might be nice. Installing a
multi-package would install dependent packages, but would behave as if
it were a single package.
Another thought, is to create a "GemCruncher" that could take a set of
gems and merge them into a single gem.
T.